October 2007

Twas the Day of Halloween

10.31.2007

Twas the Day of Halloween by Jace D. Albao (b. 1969) Twas the day of Halloween, when all ‘long the shore, The creatures were stirring, the sun rising o’er; The pumpkins were carved on the porches of homes, With hopes to greet goblins, some pirates, and gnomes; The children were prepping to go out to [...]

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Mike Oldfield’s Tubular Bells (Live)

10.31.2007

A live jam of the hypnotic classic theme from The Exorcist. Happy Halloween! You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video

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A bathroom somewhere in Vegas

10.30.2007

Cleaning the photos off my cell phone and found this one from a recent trip to Vegas. I vaguely remember this. It was one of those men’s rooms with the assorted cologne bottles, a mouthwash collection, breath mints, a hair dryer, and a middle-aged dude in a tux standing next to an expensive glass bowl [...]

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The patheticness of cluelessness

10.30.2007

“To be ignorant of one’s ignorance is the malady of the ignorant.” –Amos Bronson Alcott

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The Lateracci Mix: A Visual

10.29.2007

=view large image for screen= =view large image for print= (scale to paper) Been thinking about this one a lot the last few days. Had a dream the other night exposing another layer, and today I finally wrapped my brain around the visual part of the Lateralus Fibonacci Sequence, which I’m starting to call, affectionately, [...]

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Vis-à-vis

10.28.2007

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Emergency Patience

10.28.2007

“Time is what prevents everything from happening at once.” –John Archibald Wheeler

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A pumpkin patch by the sea

10.28.2007

Well, look what we have here. Paulie brought Ginger and Footsie over for a hang with Kona and Vive. We rolled over to Point Vicente and wandered off the beaten path to find a real living pumpkin patch. Paulie got some great shots before his camera’s battery died. Here are a few I took with [...]

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More on the Tool Fibonacci Lateralus Sequence

10.28.2007

After reviving this discussion with a friend the other night, my hypercalculative brain woke me out of my slumber this morning as it noticed something trippily interesting about the Lateralus Fibonacci playlist. Like the the Fibonacci itself, it seems this piece of music continues to unravel, layer after layer, exposing new truths as we spiral [...]

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The Tale of the Two Pumpkins

10.27.2007

The Tale of the Two Pumpkins by Jace D. Albao (b. 1969) Once upon a time there was a pumpkin patch. Hundreds of pumpkins, some small, some smaller, some medium, others large, and others even larger, all sat in the October sunshine waiting to be picked. Two such pumpkins sitting next to each other in [...]

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Abbreviations and Symbols

10.26.2007

If you specify a unit of measure and use an abbreviation or a symbol, always use a numeral with it – do not spell the number out. 5 mi 6 h 16 mm movies He is 6’9″ tall For two or more quantities, the abbreviation or symbol is repeated if it is closed up to [...]

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Just because.

10.26.2007

Somebody reminded me about this one today. Don Henley’s timeless classic, “Boys of Summer”. An absolutely perfect pop song. And its emotionally searing black and white video is almost as good as the tune. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video

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An October afternoon with Trump’s all to ourselves

10.26.2007

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Slash Shreds

10.26.2007

This StSanders guy should win an award. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video

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Steal a base. Steal a taco.

10.25.2007

Taco Bell will be giving everyone in America a free taco for each base stolen in the World Series. On October 30th at a designated time, Americans can show up to any Taco Bell location and claim their free taco(s). We’re already up entitled to one as I write this in the middle of the [...]

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This is the funniest thing I’ve seen all week.

10.25.2007

I think I went from tears, to whiplash, to a ruptured spleen. Metallica Shreds: You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video And for those who don’t realize this is a parody, here’s the real thing. Metallica’s 1988 classic, “One”: You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube [...]

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